Finding Your Roots · SEASON 2
Roots of Freedom
Episode 4 · 2014-10-14
- Documentary
Episode overview
Actor Ben Affleck discovers his mother's past as a Freedom Rider in 1964, NAACP President Ben Jealous learns how far his great-grandfather would go to keep his family whole, and actress Khandi Alexander learns about her grandfather's death. This episode is not available from pbs because actor Ben Affleck had persuaded Gates to omit information about his slave-owning ancestors. In the investigation, PBS said that producers violated network standards by letting Mr. Affleck have “improper influence” and “by failing to inform PBS or WNET of Mr. Affleck’s efforts to affect program content.”
60 minutes
Season 2 episodes
1. In Search of our Fathers2014-09-23
2. Born Champions2014-09-30
3. Our American Storytellers2014-10-07
4. Roots of Freedom2014-10-14
5. The Melting Pot2014-10-21
6. We Come From People2014-10-28
7. Our People, Our Traditions2014-11-04
8. The British Invasion2014-11-11
9. Ancient Roots2014-11-18
10. Decoding Our Past Through DNA2014-11-25
